“Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.”

“Nothing can be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon and left one unexpended effort which might have saved the world.”

“Nothing could be any worse than having to turn to your friends, your colleagues and your loved ones and say –‘I gave up too soon’.”

“There's nothing wrong with a little fear. Being fearful can save your life-it's saved mine on more than one occasion-but too much fear can stop you from living.”

“I took off my sweatshirt and dropped it on the grass and set off around the track. As soon as I started running, the world changed. The bodies spread out across the green of the football field were parts of a scene remembered, not one real at this moment. The secret of effort is to keep on, I told myself. Not for the world would I have stopped then, and yet nothing- not even if I had been turned handsome as a reward for finishing- could have made up for the curious pain of the effort.”

“Nothing is more foreign than the world of one's childhood when one has truly left it.”